If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

We can now see why the band didnt do too many interviews in that tour. I'm sure even those 2 guys (Ed and Sam) couldn't spew out that much BS on a daily basis in interviews.

Poor Mike had to try to act like he was part of the family when he actually wasnt.

Sam just bullshitted his way through the entire interview. The BEST work the band has ever done?.....STFU Sam.

Ed was a couple nuggets short of a Happy Meal.

And Al....well he basically just laughed.

As big a fan as I am of Sam (Sounds like a Dr. Seuss book...) he really shouldn't bitch too much about the 2004 Tour because his motivations could definitely be called into question. In his book, he says he knew Ed was a mess before the contract was signed and the tour started. We all know Sam knew that Ed didnt even want Mike involved.

You'd think...after seeing Eddie in the condition he was in and not even wanting Mikey to be apart of the Reunion, Sam could have foreseen that the tour would be a mess. But he went along with all of it and singed a supposed "horrible" contract.

Don't get me wrong... Ed was the reason that tour was, for the most part, an embarrassment. I had an amazing time at the Toronto show but many people didnt have a similar experience.

But Sam needs to shoulder a lot of the blame as well for going along for it. Then there was that KLOS interview Sam did in October 2004 where he was basically saying the tour didnt go as he planned and how he wishes "everybody" was as into it as he was and how he would have cut ticket prices in half.

The ticket price comment is what bugs the shit out of me. Don't even say that. You knew the condition Ed was in. You knew about the Mike situation. You knew about the shitty contract and you knew about the fact that ticket prices would be high for a high profile reunion like that.....don't come out a month before the tours over and say that you would have cut ticket prices in half. You signed the contract. You agreed to everything.

That bugs me about Sam.

Last edited by MF5150; 05.04.14 at 05:22 PM.

My man, when you are fantasizing, don't go for attainable, you can get attainable at the local Applebee's. - Dave's Dreidel

We can now see why the band didnt do too many interviews in that tour. I'm sure even those 2 guys (Ed and Sam) couldn't spew out that much BS on a daily basis in interviews.

Poor Mike had to try to act like he was part of the family when he actually wasnt.

Sam just bullshitted his way through the entire interview. The BEST work the band has ever done?.....STFU Sam.

Ed was a couple nuggets short of a Happy Meal.

And Al....well he basically just laughed.

As big a fan as I am of Sam (Sounds like a Dr. Seuss book...) he really shouldn't bitch too much about the 2004 Tour because his motivations could definitely be called into question. In his book, he says he knew Ed was a mess before the contract was signed and the tour started. We all know Sam knew that Ed didnt even want Mike involved.

You'd think...after seeing Eddie in the condition he was in and not even wanting Mikey to be apart of the Reunion, Sam could have foreseen that the tour would be a mess. But he went along with all of it and singed a supposed "horrible" contract.

Don't get me wrong... Ed was the reason that tour was, for the most part, an embarrassment. I had an amazing time at the Toronto show but many people didnt have a similar experience.

But Sam needs to shoulder a lot of the blame as well for going along for it. Then there was that KLOS interview Sam did in October 2004 where he was basically saying the tour didnt go as he planned and how he wishes "everybody" was as into it as he was and how he would have cut ticket prices in half.

The ticket price comment is what bugs the shit out of me. Don't even say that. You knew the condition Ed was in. You knew about the Mike situation. You knew about the shitty contract and you knew about the fact that ticket prices would be high for a high profile reunion like that.....don't come out a month before the tours over and say that you would have cut ticket prices in half. You signed the contract. You agreed to everything.

That bugs me about Sam.

Couldn't have said it better. But I actually had a good time in ATL. I got laid afterwards

We can now see why the band didnt do too many interviews in that tour. I'm sure even those 2 guys (Ed and Sam) couldn't spew out that much BS on a daily basis in interviews.

Poor Mike had to try to act like he was part of the family when he actually wasnt.

Sam just bullshitted his way through the entire interview. The BEST work the band has ever done?.....STFU Sam.

Ed was a couple nuggets short of a Happy Meal.

And Al....well he basically just laughed.

As big a fan as I am of Sam (Sounds like a Dr. Seuss book...) he really shouldn't bitch too much about the 2004 Tour because his motivations could definitely be called into question. In his book, he says he knew Ed was a mess before the contract was signed and the tour started. We all know Sam knew that Ed didnt even want Mike involved.

You'd think...after seeing Eddie in the condition he was in and not even wanting Mikey to be apart of the Reunion, Sam could have foreseen that the tour would be a mess. But he went along with all of it and singed a supposed "horrible" contract.

Don't get me wrong... Ed was the reason that tour was, for the most part, an embarrassment. I had an amazing time at the Toronto show but many people didnt have a similar experience.

But Sam needs to shoulder a lot of the blame as well for going along for it. Then there was that KLOS interview Sam did in October 2004 where he was basically saying the tour didnt go as he planned and how he wishes "everybody" was as into it as he was and how he would have cut ticket prices in half.

The ticket price comment is what bugs the shit out of me. Don't even say that. You knew the condition Ed was in. You knew about the Mike situation. You knew about the shitty contract and you knew about the fact that ticket prices would be high for a high profile reunion like that.....don't come out a month before the tours over and say that you would have cut ticket prices in half. You signed the contract. You agreed to everything.

That bugs me about Sam.

Best write up about the 2004 cash grab ever.. Well said.

I am a huge Sam fan, but the business side of his brain clearly took the wheel and ran that bus over a cliff.

Stevie Wonder could see Ed was not in any shape to play a birthday party, let alone a 100 date tour..
The Mike vibe / karma was crazy bad.
Al.. Did he get divorced again? LOL.. I can only hope / assume that he genuinely believed that a tour would help get his brothers shit together..

Yeah no doubt Ed was by far the weakest link on the tour but I don't think that took Sam by surprise. He had to know the first few times they discussed the tour, record, etc that Ed was a mess. He had a chance to bail once he knew Ed didn't want Mike to tour. However he went forward.

Eddie was at fault but Sam shouldn't have known better. He can't bitch about what happened because he surely knew what was coming down the road. I mean its like some dude going back to his ex wife or girlfriend. However she is far worse today than they were when the broke up. Everybody knows what will happen.

Sam had toured with Ed drunk before and thought he would be able to hold it together come showtime. Sam's always going to err on the "glass half full" side. I don't think he could truly grasp how bad the situation had become with EVH. He thought Ed would snap out of it.
It's a hard gig to turn down. Dave tried like 5 times before the "reunion" actually got off the ground!

Our little dedication to CRPS awareness. If you don't know what this horrible disease is, please click this link to learn more. My (Brett) wife suffers from this extremely painful and debilitating nerve disorder that doctors are just now learning more about and realizing the severity. Please consider donating to help doctors find a cure for what many call the "suicide disease." Thank you!

Like Us On Facebook!

Newest Posts

Gotta give this guy massive credit for achieving this. It does get a bit monotonous, but damn, he's got some skills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PODprfW_p8s